June 23, 2011

ALASKA ACES FINALLY HIT THE CENTURY MARK WITH A BIG WIN

After anemic games of 75 and 78 points, respectively, to open their campaign in the PBA Governor’s Cup, the Alaska Aces finally hit pay dirt in their offensive game as they scored more than a hundred points for the first time in a 107-102 victory over the B-MEG Derby Ace Llamados last night at the Big Dome. It was the Aces first win in three games in the season-ending conference. A quick start has been the perennial problem for Alaska this conference and it seems like they are on their way for another rough night when the Aces fell behind early to the Llamados, 8-0. But a 13-2 blast by the Aces put them into the groove of things as they grabbed the upper hand at 13-10. Alaska import Jason Forte played a monster game with 29 points and 12 rebounds. Aces head coach Tim Cone was all-praised to his prize import’s over-all performance, which he says is comparable to the game of the franchise legendary import Sean Chambers, according to the Aces official website.

Jason did a tremendous for us tonight. He made things difficult for Joe on defense and contributed in other aspects of the game. Jason is so big, so quick and so strong that he helps us in so many other ways than just score. He defends the other team`s best post scorer. He rebounds. He gets everyone involved in offense. He`s a lot like Sean Chambers because he does so many things well for the teamt like Sean Chambers because he does so many things well for the team.


“Obviously we made a lot of adjustments. We decided to go small starting Jason at the four rather than going big. He (Forte) has the advantage at that position because he`s so quick. This allowed us to play three small guards in LA (Tenorio), Cyrus (Baguio) and Bonbon (Custodio) a lot of times.”

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